InsideOut

Remarkable Girls, a unique theatre program for ages 9-18, provides classes, workshops, and performance opportunities designed to promote growth, creativity, and artistry.

In addition to her all-girl program, Jan Downing continues to offer coed musical theatre and drama classes to schools and community organizations.

VAGABOOM! is a program that gives Youth an opportunity to learn to work in a team, exploring a variety of rare skills. We blend exciting aspects of art, acrobatics, circus arts, music, theater performance and production, and movement to nurture the Youth’s awareness of their skills as an amazing expressive vehicle in this world. We provide a unique educational environment, and small teacher/student ratio in classes. We create original stage performance productions, fusing fun with education.

Due to massive budget cuts in schools, particularly in the Arts, Physical Education and Music departments, we offer a one of a kind fusion of these expressive art forms, in a safe and encouraging environment.

Our goal is to continue to offer this unique program for free, particularly to schools and neighborhoods that are worst effected by the budget cuts.

Streetside Stories is a 14-year-old arts education agency that serves Bay Are students through in- and after-school programs.  The Storytelling Exchange is a 2-week residency serving sixth grade classrooms.  The program uses storytelling and theater to help students write autobiographical stories.  Tech Tales helps seventh grade students turn written stories into short movies using the Streetside’s mobile technology lab.  Working at community sites, Streetside After School helps third through twelfth graders improve academic performance through reading, story sharing, autobiographical writing and theater.